Clothes line and pin



' (No Model.)

J. J. WALSH, J. T. MOONEY 8: T. F. JORDAN.

CLOTHES LINE AND PIN.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES J. XVALSH, JOHN T. MOONEY, AND THOMAS F. JORDAN, OF OLYPI-IANT, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561,634, dated June 9, 1896. Application filed August a, 1895. Serial in. 558,431. (No model.)

To (0% whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Limits .1. WALSH, J oHN T. Moonnv, and THOMAS F. J ORDAN, citizens of the United States, and residents of Olyphant, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newan d usefullmprovements in Clothes Lines and Pins; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of referen ce marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of the invention as applied. Fig. 2 is a side view of a clothes-pin with a perforation therethrough. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the pin with a rivet passed therethrough. Fig. 4 is a view of the pin with a screw-eye in the head thereof.

The object of this invention is to provide means in connection with a clothes-line for carrying the pins employed in fastening the clothes to the line; and it consists in the provision of a secondary line which is strung a short distance above the clothes-line, and upon which the pins are strung loosely to permit them to be readily brought into use at the desired points, all as more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates any ordinary clothesline, which maybe of wire or rope, and which is supported by posts B B. D

C designates a supplementary line which is strung between the two posts a short distance above the line A, and upon which are strung the ordinary pins D. These pins may be attached to the line by making a small perforation (7, therethrough, as shown in Fig. 2, by securing a small screw-eye d in the head thereof, as shown in Fig. i, or by passing a rivet (1 across the upper portion of the slot of the pin, as in Fig. 3. hen the rivet is employed, it will serve also to strengthen the pin by preventing its tendency to split. The perforation, eye, or opening through which the line C passes should be of sufficient size to permit the pins to slide freely along the said line.

Where a textile line 0 is employed, we prefer to employ the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, wherein the end portions of the said line are passed loosely through eyes E or other suitable bearings on the posts B, and have attached thereto weights F, which serve to take up the stretch and slack of the line; or a weight may be employed at one end only, the other end being fastened to one of the posts. When the line C is of wire, one or both of its ends may also be weighted in the same manner as when said line is of textile material. The weights,when employed, serve to control and equalize the line C under variations of tension caused by the up, down, and lateral motion of the clothes-line as the person hangs the clothes, or when the wind is blowing, or due to other atmospheric iniiu ences.

Among the important advantages gained by this invention is the fact that it permits the use of pins of the common split form, which can readily by provided with the necessary eye or perforation; also, the great convenience of having the pins always at hand when required, instead of having to obtain them from boxes, baskets, or aprons in which they are usually collected. The invention also secures the pins against falling to the ground and becoming lost or soiled.

Usually we provide ten pins to every twenty feet of line, or about three dozen to every seventy-five feet; but any other desired number may be employed.

Having thus described our invention, What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a clothes-line and its supports, of a secondary line strung a short distance from the said clothes-line, said secondary line having one or both of its ends passed through hearings on the supports and weighted, and a series of clothes-pins loosely strung upon said secondary line and adapted to engage the clothes-line, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JAS. J. WALSH. JOHN T. MOONEY. THOMAS F. JORDAN. Witnesses:

J. W. PAT'IEN, THOS. PATTEN. 

